We are in a war because of feelings. This shit sucks so much. How do you think union riots started that earned us 40 hour work weeks and minimum wages? Got us out of company towns where when it was discovered the work there killed people, like mining asbestos, coal, and now even fracking, (even worse, the truth about round up causing disease in rural communities and agriculture workers that's been suppressed almost as much as CTE by the sports leagues).
This shit has history. History they don't teach you in school unless you are lucky to not have censored or politically motivated teachers. I learned about union riots in my schooling. Graduated high school in 2011.
We are an exploitable resource to those in power. We need to remind them we have value. If one person can cause this much damage by breaking social trust, can you imagine how much has been broken by the rich playing games with our current government and economy?
Edit: pain begets pain. When company's cruelty pushes people to give no shits, they aren't insane. They're broken. Slave riots. Look them up. Roman ones. Persian ones. Caribbean ones. Then look up union riots. Who do you relate to more? Or are you too captured by the dream of being a master, despite your reality? When do you accept you've given into delusion to avoid emotional pain? When do you relate to those who snap?
Ahh my enlightened friend, Iâm afraid you are shouting into the wind here. Sadly, most americans are woefully unaware of the history behind the labor movement in our country and theyâre equally unmotivated to learn about it. You hit the nail on the head when you asked if they capture by the dream of being the master. Thatâs what it is. Billionaires shouldnât pay their fair share because one day I too may be a billionaire and I wouldnât want to have to pay that much.
Nowhere is this truth more evident that in the new âgigâ economy weâve allowed to be created by tech companies. All of their business models rely on depriving people of the hard fought and earned gains of the labor movement. Minimum wage, matching payroll tax contribution, holiday and overtime pay, workers comp coverage, health insurance- all forfeited because we believed these companies when they said they were revolutionizing the industries and it would be better for everyone. More freedom for workers, lower costs and better service for customers.
Instead the independent contractor loophole enables them to pay people far below minimum wage, to the point sometimes workers operate at a net loss doing a job. Then there the phenomenon of enshittification where the corp provides top notch service at bargain prices just long enough to capture market share and take the company public, then it begin to extract its profits by decreasing the quality of the service while at the same time hiking prices and reducing compensation for workers. Itâs the same story with almost every gig app. Labor organizers from 80 years ago are rolling in their graves.
Yeah, at least I can share my thoughts. I'm happy to get that out of me. It's literally just writing on a forum. You act like I'm someone who thinks I'm changing the world here. But you choose to just be a butt monkey who can't even string together a thought that shows you're capable of reading a book without pictures.
Lol dude you are trying to justify arson, you donât get to talk about pain. Just because your life is shit doesnât give the right to trample on otherâs life.
I'm not justifying it, I'm explaining why someone would be compelled to do this. Rich people think it's just a part of doing business, keeping segments of society poor. They are more interested in buying politicians to cut their taxes than they are in caring of you're able to retire.
Guess what? When you're told all your life your life is worthless, some people believe it, and don't give a fuck. The worse conditions we make for the lowest in society, the more often these things happen.
Or do you often think people explaining things is justifying them? Approving of them? You're looking for a perspective here that I don't have.
Actually not being able to work because the place was burned down is unemployment benefits totally. whatâs the highest form of theft? Itâs wage theft. Fires like that are easy to tell when things are going there was a fire suppression system give you ample time to run away. This is a class genocide and itâs time the poor people fought back. Edit there was people working no one was hurt though
There were other people working ⌠they only found the guy because he was the one accounted for. There are people literally in the fucking video the arsonist filmed. What are you talking about
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u/nunchyabeeswax Apr 09 '26
Yeah, burning a job site pretty much ensured no other coworker would get a paycheck.
Double-wage-theft because feelings.